STRICTLY Come Dancing star Robbie Savage was keeping a vigil at his father Colin’s hospital bedside yesterday after the 64-year-old slipped into a coma.

In an emotional message the former footballer told his Twitter followers: “Life is so unfair! You only have one dad and mine has been the best ever X”

Robbie, 37, is at Wrexham’s Maelor Hospital, where his father has been treated for a rare form of Alzheimer’s called Pick’s disease, which kills victims within 10 years.

Life is so unfair! You only have one dad and mine has been the best ever X

Robbie Savage's emotional message on Twitter

Robbie, a Welsh international who had spells at Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City, recalled how his father was “the proudest man ever” less than a year ago when he walked out on to the pitch with him for his last match for Derby County.

But he revealed the agony of coping with a loved one with dementia. His father would point at him on the ward and ask people: “Do you know who that is?”

Robbie took part in Strictly last year as a treat for his mother, Val, a big fan of the show.